Jean Bingen (26 March 1920 – 6 February 2012) was a Belgian
papyrologist
Papyrology is the study of manuscripts of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., preserved on portable media from antiquity, the most common form of which is papyrus, the principal writing material in the ancient civilizations ...
and
epigrapher
Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...
, specialized in Greek and Roman history and civilizations, especially
ancient Egypt, economic history of Ptolemaic Egypt (
Papyrus Revenue Laws), Greek papyrology and epigraphy (notably
ostraca
An ostracon (Greek: ''ostrakon'', plural ''ostraka'') is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In an archaeological or epigraphical context, ''ostraca'' refer to sherds or even small pieces of stone ...
from
El Kab
El Kab (or better Elkab) is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about south of Luxor (ancient Thebes). El Kab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language ( , Late Coptic: ), a name that refers to ...
), Greek and Roman archaeology (
Alba Fucens
Alba Fucens was an ancient Italic town occupying a lofty location (1,000 m) at the foot of the Monte Velino, c. 6.5 km north of Avezzano, Abruzzo, central Italy. Its remains are today in the ''comune'' of Massa d'Albe.
History
It was ...
,
Argos,
Delphi
Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The ora ...
,
Thorikos
Thoricus or Thorikos ( grc, Θορικός) was a city, and later a ''deme'' in the southern portion of ancient Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the ''synoikismos'' attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens. I ...
,
El Kab
El Kab (or better Elkab) is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about south of Luxor (ancient Thebes). El Kab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language ( , Late Coptic: ), a name that refers to ...
), Greek and Latin epigraphy (in Greece, particularly
Attica
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, Delphi,
Peloponnese
The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge whi ...
and
Thorikos
Thoricus or Thorikos ( grc, Θορικός) was a city, and later a ''deme'' in the southern portion of ancient Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the ''synoikismos'' attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens. I ...
; Egypt), Greek (
Thorikos
Thoricus or Thorikos ( grc, Θορικός) was a city, and later a ''deme'' in the southern portion of ancient Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the ''synoikismos'' attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens. I ...
) and Roman (El Kab) numismatics, Greek philology and literature (
Menander
Menander (; grc-gre, Μένανδρος ''Menandros''; c. 342/41 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His rec ...
).
Publications (selection)
*1952: ''Papyrus Revenue Laws''.
*1952: ''Les Roettiers, graveurs en médailles des Pays-Bas méridionaux''.
*1960–1964
''Menander. Dyscolos''
*1968: ''Choix de papyrus grecs. Essai de traitement automatique'' (in collaboration).
*1977: ''Au temps où on lisait le grec en Égypte''. Catalogue de l’exposition de papyrus et d’ostraca.
*1978: ''Le papyrus Revenue Laws. Tradition grecque et adaptation hellénistique''.
*1989: ''Fouilles d’Elkab. III, les ostraca grecs'' (O. Elkab gr.).
*1991: ''Pages d’épigraphie grecque. Attique-Égypte (1952-1982)''.
* ''Mons Claudianus. Ostraca graeca et latina I (O. Claud. 1 à 190)'', in collaboration with A. Bülow-Jacobsen, W. E. H. Cockle, H. Cuvigny, L. Rubinstein and W. Van Rengen.
*1992–1997: ''Mons Claudianus. Ostraca graeca et latina II (O. Claud. 191 à 416)'', in collaboration with A. Bülow-Jacobsen, W. E. H. Cockle, H. Cuvigny, Fr. Kayser and W. Van Rengen.
*2005
''Pages d'épigraphie grecque II Égypte (1983–2002)''*2007: ''Hellenistic Egypt: Monarchy, Society, Economy, Culture'', transl. by R. Bagnall.
See also
*
Mons Claudianus
External links
Jean Bingenon
data.bnf.fr
Jean Bingenon Cairn.info
BINGEN Jean, François, Henri, Emmanuelon the site of the Académie Des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
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1920 births
Writers from Antwerp
Hellenists
Epigraphers
Papyrologists
Belgian Egyptologists
Corresponding members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Members of the French School at Athens
2012 deaths